Thursday, April 12, 2012

I 'd dreamt of elves in my kitchen many a time, cutting, and baking and piling and stacking away cookies I'd carefully and dedicatedly decorated, but never did I imagine they would show up at Easter...

They arrived, the three of them a week before Good Friday and I was late to pick them up. I got to Sants train station and there they were together, ligthly packed and trendy looking on the arrival of their first ever trip as an indepedent group.

Back on the Ramblas where I had found my own little goody-spot on the way to La Boqueria, I made a stop. Here, the attraction the object of my new interest/hobby exerts on me, ran wild and I began getting one of each...but before I get carried away let's just make a note that this shall have a post of its own in the near future. There was also a visit to "Titanic the Exhibition" which added another hour to our already overwalked day, and then... we collapsed.De regreso a las Ramblas donde camino a la Boquería ya había encotrado un lugar de deseo propio, hice un stop. Aquí la atracción que sobre mi ejerce el objeto de mi último interés/hobby se desbocó y comencé a coger uno de cada...pero antes de que me desvíe, hagamos una anotación para hacer una entrada al respecto en un futuro cercano. También hubo una visita a "Titanic the Exhibition" que añadió otra hora a nuestra ya "sobre-caminado" dia, y luego...colapsamos.
The next morning I treated my honorable guests to a crêpe breakfast on the terrace.

It was lovely to see them rejoice in the dripping and pouring of the many high calorie accompaniments I 'd served them with...in total ignorance of the trek up to Montjuic Castle that awaited them.Fue encantador ver cómo se regocijaban vertiendo y chorreando los diferentes e hipercalóricos acompañamientos con los que los había provisto ... en total desconocimiento de la subida al Castillo de Montjuic que les esperaba.

The later walk around the Gothic Quarter with goodies of its own , hoped to bring gargoyles as well as this specific time in history and the eldest of the elves to a better start which I'm not sure occured. What we all did agree on that night was the need for something yummy to munch on as we watched a movie so I headed to the kitchen and did my 360 degree turn I usually do when in need of incoming inspiration from the ingredients on display...apples ! Apple pie ? Yes.La posterior caminata alrededor del barrio Gótico y sus delicias propias, esperaba traer las gárgolas asi como este momento de la historia y el mayor de los elfos a un mejor y mas cercano inicio de relación, el cual no estoy segura ocurrió. En lo que sí estuvimos de acuerdo todos esa noche, fue la necesidad de tener algo rico que saborear mientras miráramos una peli asi que me dirigí a la cocina y llevé a cabo mi giro 360 que suelo hacer cuando necesito inspiración proveniente de los ingredientes a la vista...manzanas ! Pastel de Manzana ? Sí.

All of a sudden there were 8 busy hands where there usually were 2 . I spoke and they made it happen. Y de pronto había 8 manos ocupadas donde normalmente había 2. Ýo hablaba y ellos hacían que sucediera.

Anyone who loves to work in the kitchen can understand what I mean. Times had been reduced by more than half. Not only the cooking in itself but the cleaning up the mess. Magic - elves in my kitchen.

Among the many activities I had planned for them, one was a Baking Workshop (Easter Cookie Themed)which I had initially envisioned as me in the kitchen and they watching TV, but after the recent course of events I realized it was my opportunity to put these elves down to work!Entre las muchas actividades que había planificado para ellas, una era Taller de Repostería (de tema galletas de Pascua) que inicialmente visioné como yo en la cocina y ellas mirando TV, pero que después del reciente curso de acontecimientos, me di cuenta era mi oportunidad de poner a estos elfos a trabajar!

I snapped my fingers...and this is more or less what happened /Chasquée los dedos y esto es mas o menos lo que sucedió

The masters of Royal Icing / Las Maestras del Glacé Real

and here a couple of the ones I managed to save from their voracious little hands and decorate myself